So one out of four people there have the piroplasms in their blood.
I'm not sure how to articulate what my point is. I suppose I am surprised. Perhaps most cases of babesia don't cause illness?
Otherwise 25% of RI's population would be having night sweats and incapacitating fatigue, no?
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Jordana
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Yeah, the thing with Lyme is that it exhausts the immune system so other pathogens can start to expand their territory. If you have 1 percent parasitemia from babesia you won't feel sick and eventually your system can clear it.
If you have 10 percent, you're in the hospital.
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WPinVA
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Think I recall reading that people with a healthy immune system - which probably means they don't also have Lyme - can usually clear it on their own.
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I think most people with babs don't know they have it. I had it over 20 years and had no clue (symptoms were mild).
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